Detective Conan: Knifeman? I'm a good citizen of Beihua

"Eh? That's weird, where's the guy who came first?"

The others paused to think, feeling somewhat puzzled.

Yeah, didn't they just say someone arrived early? Why didn't they see anyone there?

The old butler also glanced at the surrounding villas and frowned slightly.

At this time, the servant who had been guarding the villa walked over to the old butler and whispered a few words in his ear. The old butler's expression became extremely surprised: "Did he say that?"

"Correct."

The old butler looked at Jackson who had raised the question, and his tone was filled with astonishment that he himself did not realize: "The detective has already investigated it and left early."

"what?"

Everyone was shocked.

Have you completed the investigation?

Hattori Heiji opened his eyes wide, quickly scanned the scene, and bent down to ask Conan: "Hey, Kudo, can you do it?"

The time difference is less than half an hour, right? They investigated the case from nine years ago so quickly?

Conan clenched his fists: "I don't know."

This was the first time Hattori Heiji encountered such a situation. A strong fighting spirit rose in his eyes. He stood up straight and turned his hat to the front: "Looks like I have to take this seriously."

Even Bai Ma's expression became a little more serious when he heard what the old butler said.

Jackson scoffed lightly, full of disdain: "Has he finished his investigation, or did he leave first because the scene was too bloody?"

Could it be that he was too scared after seeing the scene, so he quietly went back, but tried to save face by saying that he had already investigated it clearly.

The old housekeeper looked at Jackson and said in a serious tone: "He has already gone to see our master. Naturally, our master will make his own judgment. You just need to do your own thing."

Jackson snorted lightly and said nothing more.

The group put on shoe covers and gloves and walked into the scene carefully.

At the same time, on the other side, the person who shocked the protagonists was sitting casually on a stone bench, quietly drinking tea in his hand.

The sound of a wheelchair rolling past was heard beside him, but Baichuan Qiu did not look back. He just calmly put down the teacup in his hand.

Hase Yuta looked at the person in front of him with a complicated expression, his voice a little dry: "You only investigated for ten minutes, and you already know the result?"

Unlike what Conan and others guessed, Hase Yuta knew clearly that this guy hardly stayed after entering the villa. He just walked around a few times and then walked back slowly.

So strictly speaking, this guy probably didn't even spend five minutes investigating.

Yuta Hase's heart was in turmoil and his expression was very ugly.

Did this person conduct a serious investigation? Could he be framed?

"To be honest, I didn't do much research." Baichuanqiu said frankly.

Hase Yuta clenched the armrest of the wheelchair.

—This guy…

"I just came out after confirming certain things, because there was no need to investigate this case."

Hase Yuta was stunned, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Could it be that this guy has already guessed...

"There was nothing wrong with the police's investigation back then," Shirakawa Qiu said. "It was the work of a professional killer."

To put it bluntly, a professional killer does things for money. According to the situation at that time, by the time the police reacted, the killer would have already run away with the money.

Trying to catch him is simply nonsense.

Therefore, Baichuan Qiu didn't think there was anything more to investigate in this case, as it had basically been determined. Especially after seeing the scene, Baichuan Qiu had no interest at all.

He finally saw clearly that all this arrangement was just a trap set by the person in front of him.

As for who this game is for...it won't be him anyway.

"Instead of wasting time investigating, I prefer to sit here and drink tea."

Of course, another reason was that he had no way of staying with the group of detectives to investigate, so naturally he had to leave early.

Hase Yuta thought more about it, and the look he gave Shirakawa Qiu was no longer cold, but more cautious: "Who are you?"

The fact that he could see clearly into the essence of the incident was enough to prove that the other party was not just a simple detective.

"It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is that your goal and mine are the same." Bai Chuanqiu took another sip of tea. "I came here this time to discuss cooperation with you."

Hase Yuta: "You were involved in the case back then? No, judging by your age, you should have still been in school nine years ago, right? Does that mean your family was involved back then?"

Shirakawa Qiu: "Maybe."

Hase Yuta: “???”

If it is, it is. If it is not, it is not. What does "maybe" mean?

Baichuan Qiu shrugged, not intending to explain, but instead asked: "Were the Hase family really innocent back then?"

Hase Yuta was stunned for a moment, pursed his lips and said nothing.

"You do not know?"

"It doesn't seem necessary to tell you." Hase Yuta replied.

"Then I don't know." Shirakawa Qiu concluded, returning Hase Yuta's previous words intactly. "That's right, judging from your age, you should have been in school at that time."

Hase Yuta was a little annoyed: "You——"

"I did what happened to Nishizaki Daisora."

Hase Yuta's words were choked in his mouth.

He stared blankly at the person in front of him, as if he had not yet reacted to what he said.

Bai Chuanqiu took out his phone and glanced at it, then waved it towards him: "Go and have a look, the latest news should have been on the list.

Hase Yuta quickly took out his cell phone.

[Explosive! Nishizakigawa embezzled public funds!]

【Suspected school bullying on Mount Nishizaki】

[Nishizaki Yuri controls two husbands in one night]

The Nishizaki family seemed to be under some kind of curse, as their name was all on the hot discussion list. And it wasn't just one person, there were several different people on the list, and even the reasons for being on the list were different.

In an instant, the entire crowd of onlookers was in an uproar.

What happened to the Nishizaki family? Are they crazy?

[Tsk, I told you long ago, something bad is bound to happen to their family.]

【We, Sakura, have no future. 】

Please, look carefully, this Nishizaki is just a side branch, and has no connection with the real main family.

Hase Yuta's eyes lit up more and more, and without paying any attention to Shirakawa Akane in front of him, he started making a phone call: "Quick, add fuel to the fire of this trending search, I want all the people in Sakura to see it!"

"What? Which one? Every one of them, of course!"

"Everyone related to Nishizaki, rush up!"

"Are they taking down the trending search? No, keep throwing money at me right now! I want it to stay up for three days and three nights!"

By the time Hase Yuta hung up the phone, Shirakawa Akira had already finished the water in the cup.

Hase Yuta stretched out his arm and took the initiative to pour tea for Shirakawa Akira.

"You also contributed to the trending search for Nishizaki Daisora ​​before, right?"

When Shirakawa Akane looked at Hase Yuta's expression, he knew that this was not the first time he had helped the Nishizaki family to "make it to the top of the rankings."

"Yes, I was the one who pushed the trending search for Nishizaki Daisora's illegitimate child." Hase Yuta nodded, his eyes a little more fiery. "After all, they are Nishizaki. Even if the scandal is on the list, it will be suppressed quickly. Without my support, I'm afraid Nishizaki Daisora's trending search wouldn't have gone viral so easily."

Baichuan Qiu nodded: "I see."

He knew that the reason why the hot search at that time became known to everyone was definitely not because of how powerful Nagakura Yu's means of manipulating public opinion were, but that there must be someone else secretly helping behind the scenes.

As expected of a family that has produced a prime minister, the Hase family has not regressed in its manipulation of public opinion, and can still fight back and forth with the Nishizaki family.

"So, can we talk about cooperation next?"

Hase Yuta nodded: "It's my honor."